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Fake job interviews target developers with new Python backdoor (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 6 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They don't say who was targeted, but I bet this is a backdoor way to infiltrate specific projects. So if they have a list of 163 projects they see a benefit in gaining some sort of access to, they then compile a target list from the relevant developers/contributors to all of those projects, and go from there.

This isn't the type of campaign that can be spammed to anyone and everyone both due to logistics and to minimize exposure of the tools being used.